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JERUSALEM: This handout file picture obtained from a former colleague of Al-Jazeera's late veteran TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shows her reporting from Jerusalem on June 12, 2021. - AFP

Shireen Abu Akleh's assassination evidence of Zionist entity's weakness: Kuwait's Speaker

KUWAIT: The assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh is new evidence of the false allegations of the occupation as well as the weakness and disgrace of the Zionist entity, Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said. He added that the crime exposes the Zionist entity's attempts to mask the truth "that it fears", expressing condolences to Shireen's family, colleagues and the Palestinian people.Abu Akleh was killed while on duty in...

Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub

Shireen Abu Akleh murdered in cold blood: Palestinian Ambassador

KUWAIT: Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub expressed profound condemnation of the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. "In the name of the Palestinian community in the State of Kuwait, and on behalf of all employees at the embassy of the State of Palestine in Kuwait, I condemn the murder, in cold blood, committed by the Zionist entity's occupation snipers towards the martyr of truth, journalist Shireen Nasri Abu...

Soldiers check documents of a driver at a road checkpoint in Colombo on May 11, 2022. - Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to stop rioting, a top official told AFP on May 11, after another night of sporadic arson attacks. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka's troops quell unrest

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's economy will "collapse" unless a new government is urgently appointed, the central bank chief warned Wednesday, as security forces fanned out on the streets to restore order after spasms of mob violence. Police say nine people have died since Monday, when frustration at a dire economic crisis erupted into clashes between backers and opponents of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, injuring more than 200.Opposition parties have...

CHEKKA, Lebanon: A Parliamentary election campaign billboard for Lebanese MP Sitrida Geagea of the Lebanese forces party is seen on the side of Tripoli-Beirut highway in the northern area of Chekka. - AFP

Despite public anger, Lebanon vote set to entrench status quo

BEIRUT: Lebanon's elections Sunday won't yield a seismic shift despite widespread discontent with a graft-tainted political class blamed for a painful economic crisis and a deadly disaster, experts say. Given Lebanon's sectarian-based politics, it will likely "reproduce the political class and give it internal and international legitimacy", said Rima Majed of the American University of Beirut."Maybe candidates from the opposition will clinch some...

HONG KONG: File photo taken on August 18, 2021 shows (L-R) Cardinal Joseph Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, professor Hui Po-keung and singer Denise Ho attending a press conference at Salesian Missionary House in Hong Kong, to announce the closure of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, established to support democracy protesters. – AFP

Cardinal, pop star among latest Hong Kong security arrests

HONG KONG: An elderly Catholic cardinal critical of Beijing and a Cantonese pop star are among a group of veteran democracy advocates who have been arrested under Hong Kong's national security law, legal and police sources said Wednesday. Those arrested were all trustees of a now-disbanded fund that helped finance demonstrators detained during massive democracy protests that swept Hong Kong three years ago.Retired cleric Cardinal Joseph Zen and...

MIAMI: Paul Reed #44 of the Philadelphia 76ers blocks a shot by Caleb Martin #16 of the Miami Heat during the second half in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at FTX Arena on May 10, 2022.- AFP

Miami, Phoenix back on track

MIAMI: Top seeds Miami and Phoenix moved to within one win of the NBA conference finals on Tuesday after scoring blowout victories against Philadelphia and Dallas. In Miami, Jimmy Butler scored 23 points in a balanced offensive effort as the Heat thrashed the Philadelphia 76ers 120-85 to seize control of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series.It was a similar story in Phoenix, where the Suns overwhelmed the Mavericks to score a...

BIRMINGHAM: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (left) vies with Aston Villa's Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Liverpool on May 10, 2022. - AFP

Liverpool still chasing Man City like 'mad' in title race

BIRMINGHAM: Liverpool are still "chasing like mad" after Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, said Jurgen Klopp after coming from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Tuesday. The top two are now level on points, but City stay top on goal difference and have a game in hand away to Wolves on Wednesday.Liverpool could ill-afford another slip up after being held 1-1 at home by Tottenham at the weekend and got off to the worst possible...

ROME: Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns to Russia's Aslan Karatsev during their first round match at the ATP Rome Open tennis tournament on May 10, 2022. - AFP

Djokovic, Jabeur progress as back injury stops Raducanu

ROME: Novak Djokovic's love affair with Rome continued as the five-time champion picked up his 60th victory at the Italian Open with a 6-3, 6-2 success over Aslan Karatsev on Tuesday. Ons Jabeur eased into the second round with a straight sets win over Sorana Cirstea but US Open champion Emma Raducanu was forced to retire from her first round against Bianca Andreescu, still struggling with a back injury she picked up in Madrid last week.World...

MOSCOW, Russia: People walk in front of Russia's Government building in Moscow on May 11, 2022. Kyiv said on May 11 that Russia's invasion and occupation of east Ukraine was jeopardizing transit of a third of all Russian gas through its territory to Europe countries. – AFP

Ukraine says Russia halts gas supplies at key transit point

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukraine on Wednesday said Russia had halted gas supplies through a key transit hub in the east of the country, fuelling fears Moscow's invasion could worsen an energy crisis in Europe. Ukraine pipeline operator GTSOU said in a statement that Russian state energy giant Gazprom had "stopped supplying gas" to the key Sokhranivka transit point.The claim came as GTSOU announced late Tuesday it was suspending flows through Sokhranivka...

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Huawei launches Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Huawei Consumer Business Group announced Wednesday its next generation smartwatch -the Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro series in Kuwait. On top of its stunning and premium design the smartwatch boasts a moon phase display, up-to 14 days long battery life, professional health management, all-new workout modes, in addition to convenient life assistant features.The Huawei Wathc GT 3 Pro series is compatible with Huawei devices as well as other Android...

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde hinted Wednesday at a first interest rate hike in July to tackle soaring inflation

ECB signals rate hike as soon as July to combat inflation

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde hinted Wednesday at a first interest rate hike in July to tackle soaring inflation, echoing the actions of other major central banks and heralding the end of the eurozone's cheap money era. The ECB should end its bond-buying stimulus "early in the third quarter" and could raise interest rates "only a few weeks" later, Lagarde said in a speech in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. The comment...

In this file photo taken on May 11, 1997 Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match May 11, 1997 against IBM's Deep Blue computer in New York.—AFP photos

The 1997 chess game that thrust AI into the spotlight

With his hand pushed firmly into his cheek and his eyes fixed on the table, Garry Kasparov shot a final dark glance at the chessboard before storming out of the room: the king of chess had just been beaten by a computer. May 11, 1997 was a watershed for the relationship between man and machine, when the artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer Deep Blue finally achieved what developers had been promising for decades.It was an "incredible"...

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